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Wembley Twilight Fun Run kept flame of athletics alive

June 9, 2020March 24, 2021 admin 2 Comments Abdullah Gangraker, Abdurahman Adams, Colin Clarke, Donovan Wright, Farwa Mentoor, Frank van der Horst, Freddie Williams, Graham Schaffers, Jantjie Marthinus, Johan Fourie, Johan Landsman, John September, Jowaine Parrott, Martin Saayman, Melody Marcus, Odessa Krause, Odessa Swarts, Owen Machelm, Shawn Abrahams, Wayde van Niekerk, Wilfred Daniels

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS NON-RACIAL sport had always been ridiculed for not being up to standard. But this was without

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Red-hot Blows says no to Bok colours

October 22, 2015May 9, 2018 admin 3 Comments Basil Swart, Cecil Blows, Colin Barendilla, Eddie Swart, Frank van der Horst, Harold Cressy, Ivan Swart, Judge Jefferys, Kenneth Petersen, Kenny March, Kenny Roman, Nazeem Smith, Norman Stoffberg, Paul Nash, Robert Proctor, Valmont Swart

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS HE GREW up in Sea Point before being forcibly removed to Grassy Park and Silvertown; and

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